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S outhern O regon M iner
Successor to The Jacksonville Miner
Volume 4
Anhland, Oregon, Friday, February 8, 1935
DEVELOPMENT
GROUP NAMES
NEW OFFICERS
When everyone get« to the ¡»oint
where they decide for themselves
that others are capable of deciding
for themselves, then the world will
be u more peaceful place for ull
of us, we’ve decided.
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It la pro|x>aed to again make
marriage more convenient in Ore
gon. For many childless couples,
marriage la nothing more than a
convenience, anyway
•
When better bird cages are
made, automobile builders will
make ’em and use ’em In front of
radiators.
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Probably never before did Rudy
Vallee understand the meaning of
the song, “Caught in the Webb of
Love."
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Classified ad: "Wanted, elderly
man to work for room and board
while waiting for Townsend pen
sion." Now there's steady employ
ment for you.
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Americanism: Attempting to
regulate everything and everyixxly
In a country where even your fav
orite barber can't comb your hair
to suit you.
•
Clark Wood of the Weston lead
er says the Miner “Is the brightest
weekly he has ever seen ” We wish
more people would see the light.
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It’s getting to the point, too,
where we’re going to have to de
velop a lot of experts to handle
the experts, and bodyguards to
save us from those who would
save us from ourselves.
•
The friend who uses you right
always wears well.
Dr. Townsend claims everything
for his revolving fund but a brass
ring for the kiddies on every third
circuit.
•
And speaking of going around
in circles, look at the world: it has
been revolving since the beginning
of time, and see where that has
landed us!
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The proud parent who used to
admit they could see their child's
faults if it had any now take
the same attitude regarding their
brain-children.
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Senator Wallace of Bend la cred
ited with having introduced the
most bills to the state senate this
session. Ah-h-h, Oregon’s Public
Enemy No. 1!
,
Alenderfer, Applewhite To
Head New County-Wide
Coordinating Group
With an eye to cementing bond
between the several southern Ore
gon communities, and to cooperate
to the fullest toward common ob
jectives, a group of Ashland bus
inessmen Journeyed to Medford
Thursday night to meet with the
newly formed Jackson County De
velopment committee. O. O. Alcn-
derfer wus elected chairman of the
laxly at last night’s meeting, and
Guy Applewhite was chosen as
vice chairman for the group, which
is composed of 16 members from
various points In the county.
Twelve
committeemen
were
present at the meeting, which
marked crystallization of the
gtoup and the outlining of mutual
plans for the various communities
represented Members Guy Apple
white, Erank Jordan and Frank
Van Dyke were present from Ash
land. The other member from here,
J E. 1 horn ton. was unable to be in
attendance. Gordon MacCracken
and Bill Eberhart of Ashland also
were present at the meeting.
In udditlon to the two officers
chosen by the body, Carl Janouch,
of the park service, was elected a
committeeman at large, and six
subcommittees were designated as
follows:
Agriculture, industry,
mining federal relations, munici-
I al and irrigation, indicating the
directions in which the develop
ment group will work. Subcommit
tee members will be appointed at
e. later date, and next meeting will
be called whenever business affairs
of the group so shape themselves.
Itw as thought by those present
that great opportunity awaits the
proper administration of such ac
tivity, and that Jackson county
can profit extensively if the de
velopment committee meets with
an understanding, cooperative spir
it among county residents, and
providing the group's newly-born
enthusiasm is a permanent feature
Ashland has four representatives
on the committee, Medford six,
outlying communities five and Carl
Janouch as committeeman at large.
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WIRMER RESIDENT DIES
IN MAYVILLE, OREGON
Word of the death Saturday of
E. A. Stinchfield, former resident
of Ashland, reached local friends
early thia week. Mr. Stinchfield
had been making his home with a
son. Fred Stinchfield, at Mayville.
Oregon, at which place his death
occurred. It is understood here that
Mrs. Stinchfield has been with a
daughter at Bandon.
MAICSIIFIEI.D ATTORNEY TO
ADDRESS LINCOLN CLUB
The program comittec of the
Jackson county Lincoln club an
nounced this week they had se-
Mirad J W Mclnturff, city at
torney of Marshfield, to make the
principal address at the Uncoln
day annual banquet to be held at
the Lithla hotel in Ashland next
Tuesday, February 12, at 8:30 p.m.
Tliere will also be short talks
by representatives of the Women's
Republican club and the Young Re
publicans of the county. Good mu
sic, both vocal and instrumental,
has been arranged by the commit
tee in charge of the annual affair.
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CIVIC CLUB FEED
FEATURES TALK
Informal speeches, some of them
being extemporaneous master
pieces. featured a dinner at the
Ashland Civic Improvement club
here Wednesday evening. About 75
persons, including city officials,
were present at the gathering, at
which John Fuller was toast
master.
Mayor Thornton S. Wiley, first
s[>eaker on the program, outlined
improvements in city buildings
that had been accomplished in the
two years of his administration,
the excellent record made by the
police and fire departments, the
refunding of (86,000 municipal
bonds now in progress, and other
activities of the city government.
Councilman Guy Applewhite,
who also is local relief chairman,
told of SERA work in Ashland,
and solicited the help of the Civic
club in suggesting improvements.
Women of the club, led by Miss
Grace Chamberlain, former presi
dent, responded by advocating con
demnation of many old buildings.
Mrs Sam McNair, in discussing
civic nuisances that should be cor
rected. told of chickers that wan
dered destructively in her garden
and only went home "to lay."
Councilmen L. H. Hansen and
Dr. G. W. Gregg were called upon
for talks and members of the
Ashland Service club were intro
duced and President Frank Van
Dyke, Don Faber, Bill Eberhart,
Gordon MacCracken and John Bil
lings responded with short talks.
Others Joining the round of
speech-making were Mrs. L. A.
Roberts, club president; Mrs. F.
D. Wagner, Mrs. John Fuller, Mias
Ardath Losher, superintendent of
the Community hospital; Mrs Gor
don MacCracken, Mrs. W. E. Kiss
inger and Ramsey Benson.
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We suppose that pouring billions
into the pump is regarded as a
prime necessity.—Weston Leader.
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Although the good Dr. Einstein
says that mass is equivalent to
energy, he may not have to carry
much of it around.—Weston (Ore.)
Leader.
ALASKAN TRIP
TO BE ASHLAND
GIRL’S REWARD
Chamber of Commerce To
Launch Better Times
Drive Saturday
With the theme song, "June in
January" turned backwards, it will
be igloos, totem poles and Icicles
for some fortunate Ashland girl
next July when the more common
clay will have U> stay at home and
envy a certain miss who will be
given a free trip to Alaska, with
all expenses paid.
The Ashland chamber of com
merce tomorrow will launch a sen
sational Better Times drive con
test. winner of which will be
awarded a 4500-mile excursion, of
which 3500 miles will be by water.
The contest will be open to any
girl resident in the Ashland trad
ing area who will be 17
years
of age by July 1.
According to Gordon MacCrack
en, chamber secretary, the contest
has been so arranged that a free
vote coupon will be given with
each $1 purchase by local business
houses. The coupons will be de
posited in polling places in the sev
eral Ashland stores, with the name
of the girl being voted for written
on face of the ballot. The Miner
is printing a nomination coupon
which, when properly filled out for
a girl of eligible age and residence,
will count for an initial 10,000
votes. The coupon will be found on
page six of this issue.
Winner of the contest, two
months hence, will be assured con
genial companions on the trip, and
expenses even down to hotels,
meals and tips will be provided by
the chamber of commerce. The for
tunate girl will be known as Miss
Ashland will Join winners of sim
ilar contests from other coast
points on the special excursion.
Other entries in the Alaskan trip
contest, too, will receive handsome
rewards for their respective top
positions at the conclusion of the
Better Times drive, with several
additional prizes to be chosen by
the chamber later, pointed out
MacCracken. Those interested are
advised to ask their merchants for
further details beginning tomor
row, Saturday, when first balloting
will start.
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CHURCH OF THE N AZARENE
Corner Fourth and C Streets
R. T. Holmes, Pastor
Regular Sunday school hour,
9:45 a m.
Morning worship, 11 a m.
Junior service, 6 p.m.
Young People’s Service, 6:30
p m.
Evangelistic service, 7:30 p.m.
There will be no services during
the week. We will attend the re
vival services in the Baptist
church.
BROTHER EDS
REAL ‘PEN PALS’ S’MATTER POP .............................By C. M. Payne
Type lice crawled off the forms
of several Oregon contemporaries
last week long enough for the type
to be used in bouquet for the re
cent moving of the Jacksonville
Miner to Ashland, where it became
the Southern Oregon Miner. The
comment, clipped at random, fol
lows:
"Ijeonard Hall, who runs about
the brightest country sheet we
have ever read, has moved it from
Jacksonville to Ashland. It is now
the Southern Oregon Miner."—
Clark Wood in the Weston (Ore
gon) Leader.
"We received the first copy of
the Southern Oregon Miner, form
erly the Jacksonville Miner, but
now published at Ashland. We note
that Bro. Hall seems to be starting
off well in his new location. Hope
he doesn't forget that Ashland is a
different sort of town than he Js
used to and start any hi-Jinks.
We've got some mighty good
friends in Ashland who will pull
his hair if he starts anything
there." Art (Hie) Powell in the
Central Point American.
"I-ast Saturday the Jacksonville
Miner pulled stakes and moved to
Ashland. The Miner, established a
little over three years ago in Jack
sonville, expanded and grew till It
felt an apprenticeship had been
served which qualified the paper
for a larger field. After some in
quiry they decided that the city of
Ashland had room for a weekly
newspaper and were quite certain
the Miner had room for Ashland.
"The paper is now called the
Southern Oregon Miner, and The
Tribune wishes the new venture
success. "—The Coquille Tribune.
Number 6
Pad News Is Good
News At Miner Office
Something free for nothing
wem< to be theme of the day, and
this week the Southern Oregon
Miner gives encouragement to the
happy throng by offering, without
obligation, free scratch pads, which
may be found useful in figuring
your income tax headache, how to
get the Townsend pension, or for
tit-tat-toe.
School students of Ashland are
invited to drop into the Miner of
fice at 167 East Main street and
lo! a pad will be thrust upon them
gratis and entirely without remun
eration or monetary reimburse
ment.
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Yeh, we like Ashland and seek
this opportunity of padding the
youngsters on the back. Come in
and have one on us.
GAS OFFICIALS
HERE FOR WORK
J. A. Ward, president of the
Southern Oregon Gas corporation,
accompanied by D. E. York, vice
president, and G. Davies, engineer,
all of San Francisco, arrived in
Medford Thursday to consult with
J. B. Brault, general manager, pre
paratory to installation of facili
ties for distributing of petroleum
natural gaj in Ashland, Medford,
Grants Pass and Roseburg.
Mr. York, who is in charge of
construction, expects to have the
installation work completed in all
four cities within the next three
months.
Construction work will begin at
once in Ashland, according to word
received here by Al Parr, district
manager for the company here.
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Local Police Pick
Up Trio for Grants
Pass Gun Thefts
Two transient youths and a girl
were placed under arrest on the
Boulevard in Ashland at 10:30
Tuesday morning after local police
had been notified that persons of
similar descriptions were wanted
in Grants Pass for the theft of two
rifles and a pair of binoculars from
the Palm cafe in Grants Pass and
a store in Wolf Creek Sunday
night Money also had been taken
from the Wolf Creek store, accord
ing to the report.
Robert Charles Yale, 18, and
Josie de Goede, 19, both from
Michigan, told police officers they
were traveling together unmarried.
Ivan Neathamer, 21, Grants Pass,
was the third member of the trio,
and claimed relatives living in Ash
land. Neathamer is known here,
having played with the Medford
Rogue baseball team last summer.
Chief of Police Talent found two
rifles, .22 caliber Winchester and
Remington, in the canvas roll of
the travelers, but Yale and Miss
de Goede stated they received the
p<>perty Monday morning from
Harold Nichols, who was arrested
in Grants Pass Tuesday morning.
In addition to the rifles, Talent
found a 32 caliber Smith and Wes
son pistol, which Yale said he had
possessed for some time. Binocu
lars reported stolen were not found
in their possession. Yale may face
Mann act charges because of his
companion’s youth, said Talent.
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Grand Worthy Eagles
President to Medford
Officers, members and some 15
candidates of Lithia Springs aerie
of Eagles are planning to be in
Medford Saturday night when
George Douglas, grand worthy
president, Fraternal Order of Ea
gles, will visit southern Oregon.
Eagles of southern Oregon and
northern California aeries will wel
come the national official.
The program for the day in
cludes sight-seeing tours about the
valley for the guests, a luncheon
at the Hotel Medford with Dr.
W. F. Roney acting as chairman.
Mrs. Douglas will be entertained
at luncheon by the auxiliary. Two
dinners at 6:30 p.m. will be served
at the Elks temple and at the Ho
tel Medford. Dr. Walter F. Kresse
is charman of the former.
Large classes of candidates will
be initiated by both the Eagles and
the auxiliary during the evening
session, the Eagles meeting at the
Medford armory at 8:30 o'clock
and the women at the Eagles hall.
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One doesn’t appreciate the rest
ful beauty and quiet dignity of a
radio cabinet in the home until its
bowels have been removed for
treatment.—Weeton Leader.
CITY FATHERS
BACK NORMAL
QUINT TO $200
Minor City Business Up for
Council in Regular
Meet Tuesday
Realizing the value to be gained
from an advertising standpoint
should the Southern Oregon Nor
mal basketball team be sent to
Denver to compete in national
AAU championships, the Ashland
city council, upon motion of Coun
cilman Gerald Wenner, authorized
donation of |200 toward the travel
fund. City Attorney Frank Van
Dyke introduced the proposition to
city fathers, and spoke in its be
half. It is thought other commun
ities will aid in raising c»her »400
necessary to send the team east.
The councilmen, after scanning
several tractors on demonstration,
decided Tuesday night the city of
Ashland had need for one of the
machines and City Superintendent
Elmer Biegel was authorized to
call for bids on four different
types of tractors. Bids are to be
opened at next regular meeting,
February 19.
Bids on laying of new water pipe
on Lincoln street, between Ease
Main and Iowa, and on the Bell
view road were turned over to
Biegel with power to act.
The city superintendent also was
authorized to call for bids for the
purchase of another induction reg
ulator for the city substation, esti
mated to cost approximately (1500.
Annual reports of the city li
brary, city recorder and water,
light, fire and police departments
were read to the councilmen and
city officials. All reports were ap
proved.
Two vacation proceedings, one
completed and one Just filed, were^«*
brought up at the meeting. The
city agreed to vacate the 17-foot
strip of land bordering Skidmore
street in response to application
filed by C. I. J. Porter, and involv
ing other property owners. The
land had been used by the city for
a street many years ago, but is
now a tangible part of ground used
by residents along the street. A
draftsman's mistake about 40
years ago was responsible for the
complication.
Ira Reeder, resident of Second
street, filed a like application, de
siring to obtain clear title to the
property he is using in order to se
cure a government loan. A hearing
on the question has been set for
February 19.
Application of the Boy Scouts
for use of the city hall for a meet
ing place on the first and third
Thursday of every month was
granted by the council.
The council voted to pay half of
the expenses of installation of a
laboratory in the Community hos
pital for the use of Dr. William
Edyvean, laboratory technician,
who has agreed to joint the staff.
The hospital will pay the other
half of the money and the labora
tory will be installed immediately.
Dr. Edyvean is recently from
Portland, and received his train
ing in the east. He arrived in Ash
land late this week to assume his
duties at the local hospital.
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SEEN "
In A Daze
By OUR KEYHOLE EXPERT
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PAUL MCDONALD, the mot
orist’s friend, picking up nails.
LEE RYAN making faces at
card writers.
"
LARRY PORTER massaging
an auto hood.
SPORTSWRITER
BI LLY
HULEN saying "This is my
night to Howell.”
PAUL PELTIER getting a
breath of fresh air at the Eagles
smoker Tuesday night.
POSTMASTER F. D. WAG
NER looking up references.
CHIEF OF POLICE TALENT
and ROY PARR talking shop.
H. L. CLAYCOMB letting a
dentist get the upper hand.
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Nations as well as Individuals
can owe much and be prosperous
or owe little and be poor.—Weston
Leader.
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We gather from his critics that
in making gifts of rare stamps
Big Jim Farley erroneously as
sumes himself to be on his own
stamping ground.—Weston Leader.